Cookies
What cookies this site sets, why they exist, and how to control them.
Updated: 2 September 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how Clostavia uses cookies and similar technologies to recognise you when you visit our resort guides, reviews, and hospitality catalogue. It sets out what those technologies are, why we use them, and how you can control them.
1. Cookies explained
Cookies are small data files placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Site operators use them widely to keep platforms working efficiently, to remember navigational preferences, and to compile analytical reporting.
Cookies set by Clostavia are first-party cookies. Those set by anyone else are third-party cookies, and they support features such as embedded maps, web typography, and aggregated visitor measurement.
2. Our purposes
- Cookies we cannot switch off
- Needed to deliver basic platform functions, protect forms, and move between pages.
- Measurement cookies
- They tell us in aggregate which reviews and guides are read and for how long, informing how we structure future coverage.
- Preference cookies
- They remember your display region, layout preference, and any filters you have applied, so those persist between visits.
3. Cookie categories in detail
| Category | What it does | Retention |
|---|---|---|
| Core session | Holds navigation state so pages render consistently. | Session |
| Platform analytics | Tracks reading time and interaction patterns in aggregate. | 12 months |
| User settings | Stores interface configuration and destination filter settings. | 6 months |
4. Managing cookies
The choice to allow or refuse cookies is yours alone. Your browser provides the controls, and most will let you:
- Inspect stored cookies and remove them one at a time or per website.
- Refuse all third-party tracking cookies.
- Restrict cookies from specific domains, or request a prompt before any cookie is placed.
- Delete all cookies each time you close the browser.
Please note that rejecting or disabling essential cookies may limit or degrade access to interactive ranking tables and catalogue features.
Your opt-out options
Control over the collection and use of your personal information rests with you. Where local law provides for it, the following choices apply:
- Sharing and sale of your data
- You may opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information with third parties where laws such as the CCPA/CPRA in California, or comparable legislation elsewhere, provide for it. While we do not sell personal information in the conventional sense, some data may be shared with trusted partners in order to provide or improve the service.
- Tracking technologies
- Cookies and similar tracking tools can be managed or declined via your browser configuration or the consent controls published on this website.
- Promotional email
- Promotional email and newsletters can be discontinued through the unsubscribe link in any message or by contacting us directly.
- Withdrawal of consent
- Consent given earlier can be withdrawn whenever you choose, without affecting the lawfulness of any processing that took place while the consent was in force.
Requests to exercise these rights, or to opt out, can be sent to [email protected] or submitted through our contact form.
5. Revisions to this policy
This policy may be updated periodically as our operations, technology, or legal obligations change. Please revisit this page from time to time.